Door stop and holder



c. A. FRENCH. DOOB STOP-AND HOLDER. APPUCATION FILED JULYIZ. I920.

1,416,276. Patented y 16,1922.

IIIVENTOR WITNESSES; CHARLES H FRENCH.

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Unites arm es;

SFFMZE CHARLES ALBERT FRENCH, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

Dooru STOP AND i-rorinnn.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, CHARLES ALBERT FRENCH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DoorStops and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door holders and locks combined and the objectsof my invention are, first, to provide a means for holding doors open;second, to provide a means for converting the holder when the- 4,'is aplan of the entire device as attached to a door and Fig. 5, is aperspective view of the device attached to a door in closed position,showing means of locking;

Similar numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the severalviews.

The jamb plate 1, is provided with screw holes 2, for attaching to thehead jamb of a door frame. A circular recess, 3, is located in the topthereof, and a similar recess 4-, is formed on the lower side, leaving acircular flange 5, between the two. A race or sleeve 6, having acircular plate 7, on the upper side approximate the front end thereof,is pivotally secured in the lower recess 4:, of the plate 1, by a rivet8. Said rivet 8, passes through the hole 9, and washer 10, and is headedover the said washer. A plate 11, is disposed on the door 12, andsecured to the same by bolts or screws 13. Said plate 11, is providedwith outwardly projecting ears 14: and a rod 15, made preferably ofsteel channel, is pivotally connected within the said ears 14, by arivet 16, which is drilled near its lower end to receive a cotter pin17.

The said rod 15, passes backward from the plate 11, and is slidablymounted in the sleeve 6, which is provided with two depending lugs 18.Between said lugs, a latch 19, is loosely mounted on pin 20. The rearend of said latch being enlarged to form Specification of LettersPatent. Igttenbetl PREV, 1%, 1922. Application filed July 12,

1920. Serial Il'o. 395,755.

a weight back of the pin, and the front end is reduced forming a catch21, adapted to seat in the hole 22, adjacent the rear end of the rod 15,see Fig. l. A stop plate 23, is secured over the rear end of the rod 15,by rivets 2 1, as shown or any other suitable means and is provided withan eye 25, integral therewith and adapted to engage a hook 26. Said hook26, being attached to the wall inside of the building. The latch 19,before mentioned is drilled near the front end for attaching a chain orcord, for releasing the catch 21, from engagement with the aperture 22,in the rod 15, thus allowing the door to be closed.

It is obvious that when the door 12, is opened sufliciently the rod 15,will be drawn outward until the stop plate 23, abuts the end of thesleeve 6, which brings the hole 22, in the rod 15, directly above thecatch 21, on the latch 19, and the rear end of the latch 19, beingheavier the catch will enter and remain in engagement with the aperture22, until released by a sli ht downward pull onthe chain 27.

When the doors are in closed position, see Figs. 4 and 5, therear end ofthe rod approaches so near-the wall that the hook 26, may be connectedto the eye 25, and the rod will act as a bar lock, preventing the doorfrom being forced open from the outside.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new, the following:

1. In a door holder, a door plate provided with two outwardly extendingears, means for attaching said plate to a door, a jamb plate adapted tobe secured to the head jamb of a door frame and provided with a circularrecess in the top portion thereof and a similar recess in the bottomportion, a race or sleeve provided with a circular plate on the upperside approximate the front end thereof, said circular plate revolublydisposed within the lower recess in said janib plate, an aperturelocated in the lower side of said sleeve, two depending lugs integralwith said sleeve and disposed on either side of said aperture, a latchpivotally secured between the lugs aforesaid, the front end of saidlatch adapted to pass through the aperture in said sleeve, a rod securedbetween the outwardly extending ears of the aforementioned door plateand slidably disposed in the race or sleeve, an aperture formed in saidrod adapted to register with the aperture in said race when the door isin open position, a stop plate secured to the rear end of said rodadapted to stop the travel of said rod through said sleeve and to allowthe catch to seat in the aperture in the rod.

2. In a door holder, a door plate provided with two outwardly extendingears, means for attaching said plate to a door, a jamh plate adapted tobe secured to the head jamb of a door frame and provided with a circularrecess in the top portion thereof and a similar recess in the bottomiortion, a race or sleeve provided with a circular plate on the upperside approximate the front end thereoi, said circular plate revolublymounted in the bottom circular recess of said jamb plate, an aperture inthe bottom portion of said sleev two depending lugs integral with saidsleeve and disposed on either side of said aperture, a latch pivotallysecured between the lugs aforesaid and having its rear end enlarged toform a weight and ltSflOlll) end reduced to form a catch adapted to passthrough the aperture in said sleeve, a rod pivotally secured between theoutwardly ext l ng ears of said door plate and slidablv his posed in therace or sleeve, an aperture in said rod adapted to register with theaperture in said sleeve and to receive the catch aforesaid, a stop platesecured to the rear end of said rod and comprising a tang secured tosaid bar, an eye formed on the end of said tang, a hook adapted to befastened to the wall inside of a building and to engage the eye for thepurpose described.

In a door holder, a door plate provii. ed with two outwardly extendingears, means for attaching said plate to a door, a jamlo plate adapted tobe secured to the head jamb of a door frame, said jamb plate providedwith a circular recess in the top portion thereof and a similar recessin the bottom portion, a race or sleeve provided with a circular plateon the upper side approximate the front end thereof, said circular platerevolubly mounted in the bottom circular recess of said jamb plate, anaperture in the lower side of said sleeve, two depending lugs integralwith the lower side of said sleeve and disposed on either side of saidaperture, a latch pivotally secured between the lugs aforesaid andhaving its rear end enlarged to form a weight and its front end reducedto form a catch, adapted to pass through the aperture in the sleeve, ameans for operating said catch, a channel bar hav ingits front endpivotally secured between the outwardly extending ears of said doorplate and its rear end slidably disposed in said sleeve, an aperture insaid bar adapted to register with the aperture in the sleeve and toreceive the catch aforesaid, a stop plate secured to the end of saidchannel bar adapted to stop the travel of said bar and to allow thecatch to enter the aperture in the bar when door is opened, an eyeintegral with said stop plate, means secured to the inside wall of abuilding adapted to engage the eye aforementioned for the purposedescribed. r

In testimony whereof I my signature in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT FRENCH.

VVit-nesses Frances FRENCH, B. H. FRENCH.

